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Rate My Professor Ellen Clayton

Vanderbilt University

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5.04/23/2026

Always clear, engaging, and insightful.

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About Ellen

Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D., serves as Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University School of Law, Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics, and Professor of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is also the Rosalind E. Franklin Professor of Genetics and Health Policy and co-founder of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society. A graduate of Duke University, she earned an M.S. from Stanford University in 1976, a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979, and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1985, followed by a pediatric residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Internationally respected in law and genetics, Professor Clayton's scholarship centers on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomics research and its translation to clinical care. As co-Principal Investigator, she leads a transdisciplinary Center for Excellence in ELSI Research on genomic privacy and identity in community settings, a project defining the legal framework for genomics including liability, quality, privacy, access, and the clinical-research interface, and participates in the eMERGE consortium assessing genomic result returns. She currently addresses ethical issues in artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare.

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